Thanks for all your replies guys but am no closer to finding the most functional car that will replace my much beloved renault megane II that is no longer produced.
I hear what you are, generally, saying i.e.
don't let a space saver get you down. But my reality is that, if possible, I strive to cover all contingencies which, for 27 years as an ADI, I have managed, even to the extreme of having a spare dual-control car.
Thus I need a car bigger than the Fiesta, because I am a taller than average dude with growing young child who needs space in the back when my seat is right back. We will also use it for holidays so needs adequate boot space & yes I also want a proper goddam spare tyre. I want to be able to change the light bulbs without having to take it to a workshop. I would much prefer being able to view the speedo aswell.
So far the only car that ticks these boxes is the Skoda Octavia but do feel it to be large enough to be off-putting to new clients. Although over the years I have used some largish cars & to my knowledge have suffered no negative backlash of any substance other than a superficial whinge. However, none were quite the size of the Octavia.
I hear Ford are producing a new Focus so I will defer any compromise/firm decision making till having thoroughly inspected this tenuous possibility. However, I am not expecting to be wowed.
Yep, after all these years of being victim to the DSA's inability to move with the 'real world' &
modernise, this being one of their favourite hypocrisies, I feel weighed down like Sisyphus.
Ok, so I may have to compromise to a 'space-saver et al' but has it ever been put to the DSA that, just as they no longer check the front headlights, they could also employ a 'tell me' question for the breaklights aswell & just what are their grounds for refusing the 'space-saver' that the majority of them will have in the boots of their cars ?!
Kind Regards to you all.
A ranting & still prepared to fight,
BigAl
